There's only one fight left for Ronda Rousey and it's one that will never happen

There is no UFC fighter, and probably no other athlete, more dominant than Ronda Rousey. A 12-0 record with her last three victories taking just over a minute to complete, there’s not much to debate. There isn’t another fighter in Rousey’s class capable of beating her.

But there is one fighter out of her class who could end perfection. It happens to be the one fighter Rousey won’t fight.

Cris “Cyborg” Justino has never faced Rousey. After Justino tested positive for PEDs in 2011, Rousey has time and again pointed to that test, and Justino’s seeming inability to drop to 135-pounds as her reasons for avoiding the Invicta FC featherweight champion with a 14-1 record. Rousey reiterated those sentiments after her UFC 190 victory over Bethe Correia.

“I’m prepared to deal with anything, that’s why I’m the champion. I fight in the UFC, in the 135-pound division. She can fight at 145 pumped full of steroids or she can make the weight just like everybody else without them.”

If there is any doubt over Rousey’s dominance, it stems from Justino. Whether Rousey would win the fight or whether Justino could drop to 135 cleanly is irrelevant. Until the fight happens, the doubt will remain.

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There is no question Rousey is the best fighter in UFC. But as you watch her dismantle every fighter put before her, you have to wonder if her best opponents are in UFC. It’s an argument that unfairly marginalizes Rousey’s athletic ability, which borders on freakish, but it’s an argument that only gains merit every time another opponent collapses in the time it takes to run a preroll ad on YouTube.

In truth, it’s Justino who wins each time Rousey refuses to fight. Each deflection adds just a little more credence to the notion that Justino could be the one to dethrone the champ, and casts a little more doubt on Rousey’s true dominance.

Is it fair? Probably not. But it will persist and linger for the rest of Rousey’s career until she decides to silence it.

There's only one fight left for Ronda Rousey and it's one that will never happen

There is no UFC fighter, and probably no other athlete, more dominant than Ronda Rousey. A 12-0 record with her last three victories taking (…)

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